In his drive to reduce unemployment in the state and promote self reliance, the governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said that his administration has trained over 10,000 youths in various skills across the state. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Olayide Adelami, made this known in Akure on Thursday, at a Youth Parley organized by the Ondo state ministry of youths and sports development. He said, “considering the importance of entrepreneurship development as panacea to unemployment and catalyst to job creation, our administration established an entrepreneurship agency – The Ondo State Entrepreneurship Agency (ONDEA) with the…
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Achor Nna, the councillor representing Ward 9 in Obio/Akpor LGA in Rivers, has resigned as the leader of the legislative council. FCT minister Nyesom Wike is from the same ward. Mr Nna resigned in a letter dated March 7, 2024, addressed to the clerk of the house, Rosemary Brown. In that letter, Mr Nna declared support for Governor Siayi Fubara, generally seen as Mr Wike’s political rival. “This resignation is borne out of my personal conviction to align with the truth in the face of the current political issues in Rivers,” said the politician in the letter. He attributed his…
On Friday, the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court fixed March 22 for the prosecution to present its witness in court in continuation of former Governor Ayo Fayose’s money laundering trial. The trial judge, Chukwujekwu Aneke, told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission prosecutor, Rotimi Jacobs, to inform the witness must appear in court on March 22. Mr Fayose is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside a company, Spotless Investment Ltd., on 11 counts bordering on N6.9 billion in alleged fraud and money laundering offences. When the case was called on Friday, Jacobs appeared for the EFCC, while Ola…
– Akure will benefit more from current administration, says Tuykana Ahead of the coming governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, leaders of the party in Akure South local government area have affirmed their backing for the candidacy of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. The endorsement came during a meeting of the party leaders on Thursday, held at St. James Caring Heart Mega Primary School, Irowo, Akure. At the meeting, members of the Akure South APC unanimously endorsed Governor Aiyedatiwa as their candidate for the imminent gubernatorial election. Speaker at the event agreed that the common…
One of the Governorship aspirants in the November 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Prof Ibrahim Ajagunna, popularly known as PIA, is said to be defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sources close to the party disclosed that this is unconnected to recent development in the State, particularly the intra-party crisis within the APC. One of the sources who is a party Executive member in the state said, “I can tell you that PIA is likely to defect from the APC. The APC primary election in the state is slated to hold later next month, where the party is…
The Federal Government has set a March date for the opening of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund portal for eligible students. The Executive Secretary of NELFund, Dr Akintunde Sawyerr, who disclosed this during an interview on Thursday in Abuja, urged eligible students to register to access the fund. President Bola Tinubu on June 12, 2023, signed the Access to Higher Education Bill into law to enable indigent students access interest-free loan to pursue their education in any Nigerian tertiary institutions. The scheme was slated to commence between September and October 2023, but because of unforeseen circumstances, there was a revised…
A 52-year-old man, Kehinde Abubakar, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged N285,000 fraud. The defendant, who resides at Agege, Lagos State, is being tried on two-count charges of obtaining money under false pretence and causing breach of peace. The prosecutor, Inspector Evelyn Ehieniua, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences in September, 2016, at Plank Market, Ijaiye, Lagos. Ms Ehieniua alleged that the defendant obtained N285,000 from the complainant, one Mathew Oguntade, on false pretext that he was going to construct a planner and a cutting machine for him. The prosecutor, however, told the…
Oluseun Adeboyejo Foundation Mourns Ekiti APC Chairman, Omotoso The chairman and the entire staff of Oluseun Adeboyejo Foundation has described the sudden demise of Ekiti State APC Chairman, Barr Paul Omotoso as a colossal loss to the party, government and the entire people of Ekiti State. The foundation Chairman, Mr Oluseun Joseph Adeboyejo, in a statement personally signed, described the death of Barr. Omotoso as a loss too many to bear. He recalled his interaction with the late Chairman whom he described as a perfect gentle man with worthy virtues of a true leader and democrat. He said, the death…
The governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has charged Nigerian lawyers to emulate the late governor of the state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who, according to him, stood for justice, equity and fairness. Aiyedatiwa, who was represented by his deputy, Olayide Adelami, disclosed this in Akure on Wednesday at a public lecture and award ceremony organized by the Akure branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in honor of the late governor. He said, “we are all witnesses to the role Arakunrin played while at the helm of affairs as president of the Nigerian Bar Association and subsequently, as governor of…
Suspected gunmen have killed a 17-year-old herder and 35 cows at Nafan community in Fan District and Doruwa Babuje in Ropp District of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The perpetrators of the crime rode on motorcycles when they opened fire and killed the herder. Another herder was severely injured during the incident. The state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, who condemned the incident, called on relevant security agencies to fish out the perpetrators. The governor said this in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere, issued on Thursday in Jos. Mr Mutfwang maintained that…